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Congenital Malformations

Author(s) -

ChingHui Su,

Glen A. Rouse

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

journal of diagnostic medical sonography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.138

H-Index - 16

eISSN - 8756-4793

pISSN - 1552-5430

DOI - 10.1177/8756479303261827

Subject(s) - medicine , holoprosencephaly , incidence (geometry) , craniofacial , renal agenesis , congenital malformations , trisomy , fetus , agenesis , duodenal atresia , pregnancy , pediatrics , obstetrics , surgery , atresia , kidney , genetics , physics , psychiatry , optics , biology

The incidence of multiple congenitalmalformations amid infants of mothers withinsulindependent diabetes mellitus (type I or IDDM) isbetween 6% and 12%. This is two to five timesthe incidence in nondiabetic mothers.Congenital malformations associated with IDDMinclude craniofacial defects, holoprosencephaly,cardiac defects, caudal regression syndrome,renal agenesis, gastrointestinal defects, and asingle umbilical artery. Unfortunately, thesemalformations are not exclusive to IDDMpregnancies. Many of the same pathologies are alsoseen in trisomy 13 fetuses.

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